Silvio Rodríguez
El vigía lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1984
- Length
- 3:00
Agua me pide el retoño
Water is what the sprout asks for
Que tuvo empezar amargo
That had to start bitter
Va a hacer falta un buen otoño
A good autumn will be needed
Tras un verano tan largo
After such a long summer
El verde se está secando
The green is drying up
Y el viento sur se demora
And the south wind is delayed
Pero yo sigo esperando
But I keep on waiting
Que lleguen cantando
For them to arrive singing
La lluvia y mi hora
The rain and my time
Yo soy de un oficio viejo
I am of an old craft
Como el arroyo y el viento
Like the stream and the wind
Como el ave y el espejo
Like the bird and the mirror
Como el amor y el invento
Like love and the invention
Yo solo soy un vigía
I am just a lookout
Amigo del jardinero
Friend of the gardener
Con la pupila en el día
With my gaze on the day
Que llegará el aguacero
For the heavy rain will come
Yo solo soy un vigía
I am just a lookout
Amigo del jardinero
Friend of the gardener
Agua me pide el retoño
The sprout is asking for water
Que tuvo empezar amargo
That had to start bitter
Va a hacer falta un buen otoño
A good autumn will be needed
Tras un verano tan largo
After such a long summer
El verde se está secando
The green is fading away
Y el viento sur se demora
And the south wind is delayed
Pero yo sigo esperando
But I keep waiting
Que lleguen cantando
For them to arrive singing
La lluvia y mi hora
The rain and my hour
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Key vocabulary
- arroyo
- streamC2
- amor
- loveB1
- retoño
- sprout
- empezar
- startA2
- está
- isA1
- secando
- drying
- demora
- delayC1
- esperando
- waitingB2
- solo
- onlyA1
- amigo
- friendA1
About this song
Silvio Rodríguez is a Cuban singer-songwriter associated with nueva trova and nueva canción. He is known for politically charged, lyric-driven protest songs set against tender folk balladry, and for helping define the style that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s.